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by Mistletoe 390 days ago
SAT has a correlation to IQ of 0.82 to 0.86 and I do think IQ is very useful in judging intelligence.

https://gwern.net/doc/iq/high/smpy/2004-frey.pdf
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tptacek 390 days ago
It's a useful diagnostic when used in a battery of diagnostic tests of cognitive function, but to the point of this thread: it is notoriously not a good ranking mechanism.
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